Percussion Collaborates With Partners to Showcase Complete XML Content Delivery Application At XML 2000; Partners to Integrate Products in Demonstration of End-to-End XML Solution.

Business/Technology Editors

XML DevCon Fall 2000

STONEHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000

Percussion(R) Software today announced it is integrating Rhythmyx(TM), its native XML content management system, with products from Active Data Exchange, Kinecta, and MobileQ to demonstrate a complete XML-based content creation and delivery solution at XML 2000. The demonstration will display the enabling capabilities of XML, including effortless content creation and smooth integration of products. The solution, combining Rhythmyx with Active Data Syndicator(TM), the Kinecta Interact(TM) syndication platform, and MobileQ's XMLEdge(TM) mobile application developer, will be exhibited at Percussion's booth, #316, at XML 2000, December 5 - 7, 2000, in Washington, DC.

"By joining with Active Data Exchange, Kinecta and MobileQ to integrate our complementary products, we are showcasing an XML solution for end-to-end content delivery that no other single company can provide," said Debra Murphy, director of business development, Percussion Software. "XML enables users to easily integrate and move content with only limited knowledge of the technology. You don't need to spend time learning XML before using it - you can start gaining benefits from it immediately."

The collaboration of the four companies creates a system that can take the user from content creation and management to automated publishing and delivery. Benefits to customers include a complete end-to-end solution that integrates "best of breed" technology without the normal integration issues arising from solutions that use proprietary technologies. Using XML, customers can be assured that their solution will work and be extensible in terms of integration with their current environment and other vendor solutions such as globalization, personalization, and content delivery networks. XML also creates a solution that is future-proof to new Internet technologies and devices. Content delivery can be accomplished through a browser, Web site or hand-held device.

"We are thrilled with the opportunity to seamlessly integrate our syndication technologies with Percussion's foundation of advanced XML content management, as well as Kinecta, and MobileQ," said Susan C. Yee, CEO of Active Data Exchange. "This virtual technology team accelerates the evolution of efficient information delivery using the Internet, and will serve as the catalyst to the next wave of infrastructure development for business-to-business communication. Companies taking advantage of our `best of class' combination will see immediate benefits in timely and targeted information."

"We're encouraged to see growing momentum for XML and related standards such as ICE [Information and Content Exchange], which are having a tremendous impact on the efficiency of online B2B communications," said David Burke, vice president of marketing for Kinecta. "The ability to automatically deliver content through Kinecta's syndication solution perfectly complements the power of the Percussion content management system, enabling companies to extend their reach and increase revenues through syndication of content to partners, suppliers, customers and employees."

"Our alliance with Percussion Software complements XMLEdge, our enterprise server software solution, giving customers the ability to streamline the process of managing content for mobile devices," said Vish Canaran, CEO of MobileQ, Inc. "Because the technologies are based on the XML open standard, we were able to easily integrate with Percussion Software to create an end-to-end solution."

The four companies and products included in the demonstration are as follows:

--Active Data Exchange - Active Data Syndicator provides open content aggregation, advanced syndication offer and subscriber management, and Active Data Exchange syndication technologies for subscriber setup with no need for client-installed software. This software empowers companies to manage and monitor instantaneous movement of private and public content on to multiple targeted Web sites and wireless devices.

--Kinecta - Kinecta Interact is a leading content syndication platform that facilitates the distribution of digital content, allowing companies to exploit new opportunities in information-based business. Based on the ICE protocol, an XML-based communication standard, Kinecta Interact enables content providers to maintain control over the distribution and use of their digital assets, while simplifying and streamlining the receipt and deployment of those digital assets for content subscribers.

--MobileQ - XMLEdge enables companies to deliver business applications to any device, including PDAs, two-way pagers and mobile phones, in a manner that is consistent, easy to manipulate, and optimized for the features and functionality of each device. XMLEdge utilizes XML as an enabling technology to separate data from display in order to integrate backend systems and applications into an easy to use browser interface on the handheld device, including messaging, personal information management, and customer relationship management. With XMLEdge, companies can eliminate the need to develop individual applications for each competing technology standard, while enabling users to work on the device that is most comfortable and intuitive for them.

--Percussion - The Rhythmyx Content Manager, a next-generation content management system, is designed with a native XML architecture that delivers a flexible, easy-to-use system based on pure open standards. Rhythmyx completely automates content publishing - from information owners to company Web sites - eliminating unnecessary costs and time associated with funneling content creation through the technical Web staff and converting documents and corporate data.

About Percussion

Percussion(R) Software (www.percussion.com) offers the most cost-effective solution for Web content management for fast-paced businesses with mission-critical Web sites. The Company's flagship product, Rhythmyx Content Manager(TM), adopts a superior, standards-based architecture that enables the integration of critical e-commerce components to build a "best of breed" solution that is easy to use and maintain. Rhythmyx Content Manager received Spring Internet World 2000's "Best of Show" award for "Best Web Application Development Software."

Founded in 1994, Percussion Software is headquartered in Stoneham, Mass., with an office in Los Angeles, Calif., and European headquarters in London, England. Percussion Software is a Lotus Premier Business Partner, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider and has development partnerships with SAP, Oracle, IBM, Sybase and Informix. For the second consecutive year, Deloitte & Touche has recognized Percussion Software as one of the fastest growing high-tech companies in New England. In addition, the Boston bureau of internet.com, a news and information resource for Internet professionals, ranked Percussion Software second on its "20 for 2000" list identifying the greater Boston area's 20 most promising, privately held start-ups.

About Active Data Exchange

Founded in December 1999, Active Data Exchange is the syndication solutions provider that empowers companies to get the right content to the right place at the right time. Through Web-enabled, instantaneous content distribution technology, Active Data Exchange empowers companies to manage their own syndication networks by providing Web-enabled content distribution solutions for businesses to manage and monitor instantaneous movement of private and public content among multiple Web sites. Active Data Exchange helps create highly effective information delivery chains with partners, customers, vendors, distributors, investors, and other target groups and will affect commerce with communications tools better than existing email technologies. Clients include Crown, Cork and Seal, MainStreet Networks, Turner Construction, Penn Mutual Life Insurance, and Lehigh University.

About Kinecta

Kinecta(TM)Corporation is the leading provider of content syndication and aggregation solutions. The company's core technology, Kinecta Interact, provides a robust, scalable infrastructure for the distribution and receipt of digital content. Privately held Kinecta is based in San Francisco, California. Some current customers include Fidelity Investments, FT.com, Media Metrix (Nasdaq: MMXI), Motorola(R)(NYSE: MOT), Redherring.com and Reuters(R)(Nasdaq: RTRSY).

To learn more about how Kinecta can help your business generate new revenues and increase productivity through automated content distribution and delivery, visit the Web site at http://www.kinecta.com.

About MobileQ

MobileQ, Inc. provides server software and solutions that enable companies to deliver information to their mobile employees and customers quickly and securely, leveraging the emerging industry standard for Internet communication, XML. MobileQ's flagship product, XMLEdge(TM), fits into any existing enterprise technology architecture, enabling companies to extend the reach of their applications by delivering personalized information to any mobile device. MobileQ provides these solutions directly to companies, as well as through strategic partnerships with select systems integrators, application service providers and network service providers. MobileQ is headquartered in New York with an office in Toronto. Investors include Pequot Capital Management, Clarity Capital, Bell Mobility and Samsung.

Notes to editors: Percussion is a registered trademark and Rhythmyx is a trademark of Percussion Software, Inc. MobileQ and XMLEdge are trademarks of MobileQ, Inc. Kinecta and Kinecta Interact are trademarks of Kinecta Corporation.